Kara’s Story

She’s 33, homeschools, and now feels great on Armour after only one month, so far!

Hi! I am celebrating here as I type and am feeling soooooo good now.

I’ve been on Armour about 1 month, and I cannot believe the difference between Synthetic T4 meds and Armour. I am starting to feel like myself again. 😮 My husband and older kiddos are noticing, and they’re happy for me! We have 4 kids and are homeschooling, too.

The horrible achiness is fading from my hands and arms. The backaches in the a.m. are going away. I’m off my Zoloft (anti-depressant) now, and feeling decent without it! Who knew I could go without it after 5 years of taking it for my post-partum depression and horrible PMS. I’m waking up feeling calm and not ‘grunting’ at everybody. The brain fog is lifting…I can actually think ahead a bit again, plan a little bit. It’s not so overwhelming to think about things. I feel like I have my ‘voice’ back. I have the energy and desire to stand up for myself with others.

So many positive changes since I switched over barely a month ago. I was taking 150 mcg. of Synthetic T4 prior to taking Armour, then then started at 1 grain Armour a day and divided the doses the very first day. I have just been listening to my body. As I get the hypoT symptoms back, I increase my daily dose by 1/4 grain. I did have the ‘honeymoon’ first week or so, and I felt amazing…and then started heading back down into hypoT land. But with the gentle increases, I have felt better within a couple days each time. 😮 I’m holding now at 3 1/2 grains, and feeling soooo good. And my a.m. temp today was 97.4. I couldn’t believe it…I’ve been 96.0 – 96.4 since I started the armour (and before on Levothroid). And I was actually a bit warmer this a.m. upon waking and not so achy! It will only continue to get better.

***Natural thyroid hormone is for real!*** There is a big positive difference between Armour and synthetic T4 meds! Every once in awhile I get weepy…for JOY! I’m getting myself back again. I felt like I was aging so fast at 33! I’m present now in different moments with my kids and husband. Where would I be if I hadn’t found the natural thyroid group and been ‘referred’ to it by some good friends???? I shudder thinking about it…the yuck of hypoT and T4-only meds…that horrible ‘heavy weight’–physically and mentally on my body–just crushing the life out of me.

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Thyroid Madness Definition according to many reported patient experiences:

Treating most hypothyroid patients with T4-only meds; offering no options.

Dosing solely by the TSH and the total T4, or using the outdated "Thyroid Panel".

Prescribing anti-depressants in lieu of evaluating and treating the free T3.

The Endocrine Society of Australia (ESA) came out with their final position paper on Natural Desiccated Thyroid. Ready to throw up at what many hypothyroid patients will state is overt ignorance and condescending arrogance?? Are we not surprised?? Below are…